diff --git a/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift b/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
index 0c9746f35..8599ce26e 100644
--- a/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
+++ b/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
@@ -375,13 +375,14 @@ class MastodonCachePersistentStore: NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, @unchecked Se
         }
     }
 
-    func addAll(notifications: [Pachyderm.Notification], completion: (() -> Void)? = nil) {
-        backgroundContext.perform {
+    func addAll(notifications: [Pachyderm.Notification], in context: NSManagedObjectContext? = nil, completion: (() -> Void)? = nil) {
+        let context = context ?? backgroundContext
+        context.perform {
             let statuses = notifications.compactMap { $0.status }
             let accounts = notifications.map { $0.account }
-            statuses.forEach { self.upsert(status: $0, context: self.backgroundContext) }
-            accounts.forEach { self.upsert(account: $0, in: self.backgroundContext) }
-            self.save(context: self.backgroundContext)
+            statuses.forEach { self.upsert(status: $0, context: context) }
+            accounts.forEach { self.upsert(account: $0, in: context) }
+            self.save(context: context)
             completion?()
             statuses.forEach { self.statusSubject.send($0.id) }
             accounts.forEach { self.accountSubject.send($0.id) }
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Notifications/NotificationLoadingViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Notifications/NotificationLoadingViewController.swift
index d1c59acbe..82994b919 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Notifications/NotificationLoadingViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Notifications/NotificationLoadingViewController.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ class NotificationLoadingViewController: UIViewController {
             do {
                 let (notification, _) = try await mastodonController.run(request)
                 await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
-                    mastodonController.persistentContainer.addAll(notifications: [notification]) {
+                    let container = mastodonController.persistentContainer
+                    let context = container.viewContext
+                    container.addAll(notifications: [notification], in: context) {
                         continuation.resume()
                     }
                 }